Wheat Procurement
Centre details state-wise wheat purchase aim, Rajasthan buys 25 tn as of Tue
This story was originally published at 16:45 IST on 18 March 2025
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NEW DELHI – Rajasthan has procured 24.9 tonnes of wheat as of Tuesday, against the target of 2.0 million tonnes for 2025-26 (Apr-Mar), Minister of State for Consumer Affairs Nimuben Bambhaniya said detailing the state-wise wheat procurement targets for 2025-26. For the entire country, the wheat procurement target is 31.0 million tonnes for 2025-26, she said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.
With a target of 12.4 million tonnes, Punjab is likely to give most wheat to the central pool. Haryana and Madhya Pradesh aim to buy 7.5 million tonnes and 6.0 million tonnes, respectively. The Madhya Pradesh government has announced a bonus of INR 175 and Rajasthan INR 150 over and above the minimum support price of INR 2,425 per 100 kg.
Uttar Pradesh has set a target of 3.0 million tonnes, Bihar 200,000 tonnes, and Gujarat 100,000 tonnes. Uttarakhand aims to procure 50,000 tonnes and Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir 10,000 tonnes of wheat each, the minister said.
The government bought 26.6 million tonnes of wheat in 2024-25 from 2.25 million farmers across the country, the minister said. As of Feb. 1, the covered storage capacity available with the Food Corp. of India and state agencies across the country for storing foodgrains is 80.7 million tonnes against stored stock of 49.6 million tonnes, she added.
FCI's storage requirements depend upon the level of procurement, buffer norms, and public distribution system operations, the minister said. The agency continuously assesses and monitors the storage capacity and based on the requirement and storage gap assessment, storage capacities are created or hired.
The Centre expects farmers across India to harvest a record wheat crop of 115.4 million tonnes in 2024-25 (Jul-Jun), according to the farm ministry's second advance estimate. Last year, wheat output stood at 113.2 million tonnes. End
Reported by Afra Abubacker
Edited by Saji George Titus
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